Tis the Season – for Summer Holidays! How to Recharge Your Battery for an Energizing Comeback
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The summer holidays can give you a chance to get away from the sometimes tedious routines that you follow during the rest of the year, but it’s also easy to overbook yourself during your time off, resulting in high expectations and too many things to do. You deserve a break but will feel better afterwards if you look after your personal well-being during your vacation.
How to Support Your Employees’ Professional Development – a Crucial Factor in Good Work Performance
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With the summer holiday season coming up, things are slowing down in many companies. This is a terrific opportunity to put emphasis on your employees’ professional development. Updating one’s skill…
Well-Being of the Mind and the Body Go Hand in Hand – Tips for Training Your Mind to Beat Stress
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The body and the mind are closely interconnected. If your physical health is challenged, it will quickly affect your mental well-being, or if your mind is struggling, it’s reflected in…
What Does a Good Work-Life Balance Mean to You?
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It’s a popular topic of discussion nowadays, but what does work-life balance really mean? Work-life balance is about how we use our time, resources, and energy between these two aspects…
How to Help Your Employees Manage Stress – Tools for the Employer and HR
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The word “stress” often has a negative meaning. However, the truth is that without stress we would find it very hard to cope with our day to day lives. Stress…
Less Stressful Life Starts from the Inside: Harness Your Inner Voice to Support Stress Management
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Traditionally, stress means a situation where the demands and challenges that we are faced with are so great that our resources are stretched to the limit – or insufficient. Quite…
Presenteeism and Why It Matters for Every Employer – 4 Key Steps to Prevent Presenteeism
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Presenteeism refers to lost productivity when an employee is working but not fully functioning. This may be due to, for example, illness, workload, or lack of motivation. Especially in the…
Towards Better Sleep: What Do Hormones, Daylight and Being Active Have to Do with It?
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In March we celebrate healthy sleep because it is international sleep month and sleep awareness month – and today is World Sleep Day. A good time to spend a few…
Measuring Stress to Improve Wellness and Performance
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Stress used to be a clear concept with vague implications. We’ve all felt it, and too much of it can harm our health. Still, many wonder what can be done….
Firstbeat Life: How Do You Get Employees Engaged in Corporate Wellness?
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When it comes to corporate wellness, one of the most common problems is getting employees engaged. So, what to do? Our specialist gives concrete tips, how to get employees commit to small changes.
Reflecting Back and Looking Ahead – How to Keep Your Wellness in Check?
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In this blog, Firstbeat Master Trainer Tiina Hoffman shares insight, how to approach reflecting your life from the viewpoint of daily wellness choices and the value of identifying a few core wellness principles.
Changes in Work Performance – Factors that Every Organization Should Consider
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Employee’s work performance varies from year to year, month to month, changing almost cyclically. Our corporate wellness specialist Riikka Nahkamäki tells which factors cause these changes and how decreased performance can be improved.
